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Everyman
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By
Philip Roth
Narrated by
George Guidall
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4 hrs and 7 mins
Audible Release Date
05-08-06
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Customer Rating

3.66 based on 245 ratings
 

Publisher's Summary

There is no more decorated American writer living today than Philip Roth, the New York Times best-selling author of American Pastoral, The Human Stain, and The Plot Against America. He has won a Pulitzer Prize, two National Book Awards, two National Book Critics Circle Awards, two PEN/Faulkner Awards, and numerous other distinctions.

The hero of Everyman is obsessed with mortality. As he reminds himself at one point, "I'm 34! Worry about oblivion when you're 75." But he cannot help himself. He is the ex-husband in three marriages gone wrong. He is the father of two sons who detest him, despite a daughter who adores him. And as his health worsens, he is the envious brother of a much fitter man. A masterful portrait of one man's inner struggles, Everyman is a brilliant showcase for one of the world's most distinguished novelists.

Listen to an interview with Philip Roth on Fresh Air.

©2006 Philip Roth; (P)2006 Recorded Books, LLC.

What the Critics Say

  • 2007 PEN/Faulkner Award, Fiction

"Roth continues exercising his career-defining, clear-eyed, intelligent vision of how the psychology of families works." (Booklist)
"This is an artful yet surprisingly readable treatise on...well, on being human....Through it all, there's that Rothian voice: pained, angry, arrogant, and deeply, wryly funny." (Publishers Weekly)

From AudioFile

Philip Roth's extraordinary book examines the decline and death of a Jewish advertising executive. Though its subject matter--human deterioration and death--may not seem like the first choice for the morning commute, the narrative is compelling and, in the hands of narrator George Guidall, thoroughly listenable. Guidall conveys the full spectrum of Roth's palette--fear, bewilderment, anger, humor, denial, and acceptance--with a transparency that's present in the best audiobooks. It's as if you are inside the author's mind. From the opening funeral scene to (some four hours later) the unsuccessful surgery at the end, this is great literature that seems to become more universal in spoken-word format. (c) AudioFile 2006

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Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0 "What do you regret?"
By: Donald (Arlington, MA, USA)
September 07, 2009
An introspective look into the foibles and joys of a man. His estrangements and attachments. He looks back from the end of life vantage point with regret and sympathy. The book is a downer in that each scene is a hospitalization.
Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0 "Unblinking Existential Portrait of a Man"
By: Brian (montclair, NJ, USA)
December 02, 2008
Roth has written yet another brilliantly full-blooded character in this engrossing story of a man at the end of his life. Examining his own history, his family, his friends and his choices the protagonist is revealed as flawed and vibrantly real person. Who isn't. This is great writing, great literature and the story is filled with tension and release, making ita terrific listening experience. Highly recommended.
Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0 "Grim, but worth the time"
By: David (Niskayuna, NY, USA)
October 13, 2008
I listened to Everyman as a 48 year old who just starting to notice the accumulating effects of various abuses done to character, body, and mind. The book is honest, and yes, rather stark. Mr. Roth aptly describes life's arc and I am glad to have listened to this reading at this time in my life. As another listener already wrote, this is not a fun story. It provoked serious reflection.
Rating 3.0Rating 3.0Rating 3.0Rating 3.0Rating 3.0 "Depressing"
By: Michael (Cape Town, South Africa)
August 10, 2008
If your over 70 years old, don't read this
Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0 "Rich, heartbreaking"
By: Margaret (El Cerrito, CA, USA)
May 23, 2008
I would give this a 5 except I find the narrator to have a bit of a halting style that distracted me from time to time.

But, the story itself is terrific. It is a bit short, but then, so's life, and that's the point here. (And besides, it was the perfect length for a 5-hour flight yesterday.) The reflections on mortality, life, failure to be the person we expect and hope to be, all of these ideas make this a brilliant listen--one that is close to the bone sometimes.

A keeper.
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